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CROATIA The Report referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2003/99/EC TRENDS AND SOURCES OF ZOONOSES AND ZOONOTIC AGENTS IN HUMANS, FOODSTUFFS, ANIMALS AND FEEDINGSTUFFS including information on foodborne outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic agents and some pathogenic microbiological agents. IN 2013 Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses INFORMATION ON THE REPORTING AND MONITORING SYSTEM Country: Croatia Reporting Year: 2013 Laboratory name Description Contribution Preparation of national report, monitoring programs and control plans. Implementation and co-ordination of The Ministry of Agriculture is the central official controls (performed by veterinary competent authority responsible for food Ministry of Agriculture inspectors). and feed safety, hygiene and quality as (MA), Veterinary and Food Sampling, collecting and reporting data well as for animal health and animal Safety Directorate (VFSD) concerning notifiable zoonoses in welfare. animals, food of animal origin and feed. Contact point for European Commission in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation 2003/99/EC. Preparation of national report, The Ministry of Health is the competent monitoring programs and inspection authority responsible for preservation plans. Implementation and co- and improvement of human health, early ordination of official inspections recognition of risks from illness and (performed by sanitary inspectors) of Ministry of Health (MH), illness prevention, treatment and food of non-animal origin, composite Directorate for Sanitary rehabilitation of patients, and promotion food and food of animal origin at the Inspection (DSI) of healthy life styles. retail level (with the exception of establishments approved by the MA). Sampling, collecting and reporting data concerning notifiable zoonoses in foodstuffs. Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses INFORMATION ON THE REPORTING AND MONITORING SYSTEM Laboratory name Description Contribution Research, diagnostic and analytical institute primarily engaged in the diagnostics of infectious and parasitic animal diseases, analysis of food of Laboratory testing, collecting and animal origin and animal feed, control of reporting data concerning notifiable Croatian Veterinary veterinary medicinal products and zoonoses, zoonotic agents and Institute (CVI) scientific research. Provides laboratory antimicrobial resistance in animals, food services for animal health programs, of animal origin and feed. official controls of animal health, food of animal origin and feed. Central national public health institution, acting within the national health care system, coordinated by the Ministry of Laboratory testing, collecting and Health. Its task is to ensure the health of reporting data concerning notifiable Croatian National Institute inhabitants and others occurring within zoonoses and zoonotic agents in of Public Health (CNIPH) the Republic of Croatia, by monitoring, foodstuffs. preventing and controlling communicable and other, non−communicable and chronic mass diseases. National institute's service that coordinates all epidemiology services in Croatian National Institute the country. It protects the population of Public Health - from infectious diseases by surveillance Provides data on foodborne outbreaks. Epidemiology Service and monitoring, outbreak investigation and protu-epidemic measures, scientific advisory service. Performs laboratory analyses for animal health programmes and official control purposes in the veterinary field. The Laboratory testing and collecting data on Faculty of Veterinary FVM is designated to provide official zoonoses and zoonotic agents in Medicine (FVM) controls in the veterinary field for: animals. Leptospirosis, Equine infectious anaemia, Equine viral arteritis, Trichinella and Avian Chlamydiosis. Public Health Institution for the City of Zagreb with the authority for analytical Laboratory testing, collecting data Institute of Public Health activity issued by the Ministry of Health concerning zoonotic agents in „Dr. Andrija Štampar“ and the authority of the Ministry of foodstuffs. Agriculture. Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses INFORMATION ON THE REPORTING AND MONITORING SYSTEM Laboratory name Description Contribution The Croatian Food Agency is a government-appointed authority within the portfolio of the Croatian Food Agency MA. The CFA is independent and Co-ordination of reporting. (CFA) provides scientific and technical support for legislation and any topic which has a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety. Croatia - 2013 Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses PREFACE This report is submitted to the European Commission in accordance with Article 9 of Council Directive 2003/99/ EC*. The information has also been forwarded to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The report contains information on trends and sources of zoonoses and zoonotic agents in Croatia during the year 2013 . The information covers the occurrence of these diseases and agents in humans, animals, foodstuffs and in some cases also in feedingstuffs. In addition the report includes data on antimicrobial resistance in some zoonotic agents and commensal bacteria as well as information on epidemiological investigations of foodborne outbreaks. Complementary data on susceptible animal populations in the country is also given. The information given covers both zoonoses that are important for the public health in the whole European Community as well as zoonoses, which are relevant on the basis of the national epidemiological situation. The report describes the monitoring systems in place and the prevention and control strategies applied in the country. For some zoonoses this monitoring is based on legal requirements laid down by the Community Legislation, while for the other zoonoses national approaches are applied. The report presents the results of the examinations carried out in the reporting year. A national evaluation of the epidemiological situation, with special reference to trends and sources of zoonotic infections, is given. Whenever possible, the relevance of findings in foodstuffs and animals to zoonoses cases in humans is evaluated. The information covered by this report is used in the annual Community Summary Report on zoonoses that is published each year by EFSA. * Directive 2003/ 99/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Decision 90/ 424/ EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/ 117/ EEC, OJ L 325, 17.11.2003, p. 31 Croatia - 2013 Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses List of Contents 1 ANIMAL POPULATIONS 1 2 INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC ZOONOSES AND ZOONOTIC AGENTS 4 2.1 SALMONELLOSIS 5 2.1.1 General evaluation of the national situation 5 2.1.2 Salmonella in foodstuffs 5 2.1.3 Salmonella in animals 9 2.1.4 Salmonella in feedingstuffs 14 2.1.5 Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella isolates 18 2.2 CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS 74 2.2.1 General evaluation of the national situation 74 2.2.2 Campylobacter in foodstuffs 74 2.2.3 Campylobacter in animals 76 2.2.4 Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter isolates 77 2.3 LISTERIOSIS 86 2.3.1 General evaluation of the national situation 86 2.3.2 Listeria in foodstuffs 86 2.3.3 Listeria in animals 89 2.4 E. COLI INFECTIONS 90 2.4.1 General evaluation of the national situation 90 2.5 TUBERCULOSIS, MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES 90 2.5.1 General evaluation of the national situation 90 2.5.2 Mycobacterium in animals 90 2.6 BRUCELLOSIS 107 2.6.1 General evaluation of the national situation 107 2.6.2 Brucella in animals 107 2.7 YERSINIOSIS 129 2.7.1 General evaluation of the national situation 129 2.8 TRICHINELLOSIS 129 2.8.1 General evaluation of the national situation 129 2.8.2 Trichinella in animals 129 2.9 ECHINOCOCCOSIS 135 2.9.1 General evaluation of the national situation 135 2.9.2 Echinococcus in animals 135 2.10 TOXOPLASMOSIS 138 2.10.1 General evaluation of the national situation 138 2.10.2 Toxoplasma in animals 138 2.11 RABIES 140 2.11.1 General evaluation of the national situation 140 2.11.2 Lyssavirus (rabies) in animals 141 2.12 STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION 146 Croatia - 2013 Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses 2.12.1 General evaluation of the national situation 146 2.13 Q-FEVER 146 2.13.1 General evaluation of the national situation 146 2.14 WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTIONS 147 2.14.1 General evaluation of the national situation 147 2.14.2 West Nile Virus in animals 147 3 INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF ANTIMICROBIAL 150 3.1 ESCHERICHIA COLI, NON-PATHOGENIC 151 3.1.1 General evaluation of the national situation 151 3.1.2 Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli, non-pathogenic 151 3.2 ENTEROCOCCUS, NON-PATHOGENIC 159 3.2.1 General evaluation of the national situation 159 3.2.2 Antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus, non-pathogenic isolates 159 4 INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC MICROBIOLOGICAL AGENTS 171 4.1 CRONOBACTER 172 4.1.1 General evaluation of the national situation 172 4.1.2 Cronobacter in foodstuffs 172 4.2 HISTAMINE 173 4.2.1 General evaluation of the national situation 173 4.2.2 Histamine in foodstuffs 173 4.3 STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXINS 179 4.3.1 General evaluation of the national situation 179 4.3.2 Staphylococcal enterotoxins in foodstuffs 179 5 FOODBORNE OUTBREAKS 180 Croatia - 2013 Report on trends and sources of zoonoses 1. ANIMAL POPULATIONS The relevance of the findings on zoonoses and zoonotic agents has to be related to the size and nature